370 Osage Orange Report Revieived. [August, 



severely cut of any other was tlie hedge around SiDiing Grove; and 

 upon consultation with some, it was thought that this hedge would be 

 benefited thereby, as it would enable those who have the same in 

 charge, to cut down to or below the surface of the ground, and thus 

 encourage a strong and vigorous branching growth from the base, 

 which was considered superior to the plashing process heretofore pur- 

 sued." When I first saw that report in print, I was led to look on it as 

 a counterfeit, an imposition on the society, and so noticed it, but soon 

 found that it was an actual reality, a tldng presented to and sent out 

 under the auspices of the " Cincinnati Horticultural Society." But 

 the inquiry developed the fact, that Messrs. M. Mc William and H. 

 Hazen AVhite had not seen the hedge, or had anything to do in writing 

 the report. In the unsuspiciousness of their hearts they signed it, 

 feeling it was all right. They have since visited the hedge, and on 

 full examination think it would be unwise to cut it down, and I think 

 the chairman of that committee would think so too, if it inclosed his 

 grounds, or it had been grown under his direction. However, it will 

 speak for itself to those who are near enough to examine it, and I 

 shall say nothing more than that it is a most perfect harrier, without 

 the need of rails or hoards, or any other thing at the bottom to pre- 

 vent the hogs or boys from creeping through it. This hedge is not 

 however plashed, as it is represented to be. It is platted, a very dif- 

 ferent process, very beautiful and perfect, but too tedious and costly 

 for the farmer, and unnecessary for general purposes. There is however 

 near a mile of hedging on the same grounds, now in its third year, 

 which is forming on the plasldng system., and I will simply ask a sus- 

 pension of condemnation of this system by M. M. B., until he has an 

 opportunity to see it. 



It is not controversy, Mr. Editor, that I am seeking, nor shall I 

 enter into any. Each individual has a perfect right to the enjoyment 

 of his notions on this subject, and I have no wish to disturb them in 

 it. But no committee, under the authority of a society, has a right 

 to misrepresent facts as they exist. Very respectfully yours, 



A. H. Ernst. 



Sypring Garden, Cincinnati, July 4, 1856. [(9/u'o Cultivator. 



Facts. — Old Mr. Singlestick mystified a tea-party by remarking 

 that women were facts. When pressed to explain his meaning, he 

 said, " Facts are stubborn things." 



